Hot Air Balloons

[Guest ozzie]

Has anyone piloted a hot air balloon? it looks like it can be fun. I must get around to trying this one day.

 

last Sunday morning i was having a nice little sleep in when i was woken by a roaring noise above the house. i reluctantly opened my eyes and looked thru the skylight over the bed and there was a big yellow balloon a couple of hundred feet over the house. so had to get up and take a photo. he was doing a 'go around' after missing the paddock next door to us. he climbed up into the westerly wind and headed off into the valley towards Luskintyre where it is a bit more open. bit of a rare event for us as they are usually a bit more south towards Cessnock. neat way to start our day we are usually woken by the sounds of two strokes either from trail bikes or trikes.

 

ozzie

 

 

 

[motzartmerv]

Lol, a go round in a balloon would have to take a while hey??.. its incredibly interesting stuff, they use backing and veering winds to steer with.. quite amazing really..

 

cheers

 

 

[Yenn]

Have to get rid of the mirror and try that skylight idea. the view would be a lot better than the bald head and bloodshot eyes.